Austria: templates and forms
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Parents' agreement on custody, main residence and contact (Austria)
An agreement for separated or unmarried parents in Austria: who has custody (Obsorge), in whose household the children are mainly cared for, and the other parent's contact — regular contact, school holidays, public holidays, handovers, phone and video contact, travel. Under § 179 ABGB, the Austrian Civil Code, separated parents with joint custody conclude the agreement on the main residence before the court; this document prepares it. Unmarried parents can also establish joint custody in person before the registrar (§ 177 Abs 2 ABGB). In German.
Application to suspend collection of disputed tax (Austria)
The application to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to suspend collection of a disputed tax until your complaint is decided, under § 212a of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO) — because a complaint alone does not stop payment. With the assessment, the date of the complaint, the amount and how it is worked out (§ 212a Abs 3 BAO); it can be made afresh after a request for referral to the Federal Fiscal Court (§ 212a Abs 5 BAO). While it is pending, no enforcement is taken. Through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Notice of business closure (Austria)
The letter telling Austria's single tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, that your business is being closed, sold or handed over — required within one month under the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (§§ 120, 121 BAO), with no prescribed form. It gives the tax number, the kind and address of the business, its last day and any buyer, and asks for the income tax prepayments to be adjusted. Submit it through FinanzOnline, by post or by fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German; the trade licence is surrendered separately.
Complaint against a tax assessment (Austria)
The complaint (Bescheidbeschwerde) against an assessment of Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich — an income tax or VAT assessment, for example — under § 243 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO), due within one month of service (§ 245 BAO). It contains what § 250 BAO requires: the assessment, the points contested, the changes sought and the grounds. Optional: suspension of collection (§ 212a BAO), since a complaint does not stop payment, direct referral, an oral hearing and a panel at the Federal Fiscal Court. Submit through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Revocation of the waiver of the small-business VAT exemption (Austria)
The letter to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, revoking a waiver of the VAT exemption for small businesses under § 6 Abs 3 of the Austrian VAT Act (UStG 1994) — for a landlord or self-employed person whose turnover is back under €55,000, for example. The waiver binds for at least five calendar years; it can be revoked only from the start of a calendar year, by 31 January of that year at the latest. With the tax number, the years and the turnover. Send it by post, fax or through FinanzOnline: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Revocation of a power of attorney, with notice to third parties (Austria)
The letter revoking a power of attorney — at any time and without reasons (§ 1020 of the Austrian Civil Code, ABGB) — and asking for the document back. It is also the notice to banks, authorities and other parties: anyone who, through no fault of their own, does not know the power has ended is protected (§ 1026 ABGB), so each receives a copy. It takes effect on receipt — hand it over against a signature or send it by registered post. It cannot end a registered lasting power (Vorsorgevollmacht), which ends only on entry in the ÖZVV register. In German.
Authority to collect a child from kindergarten or after-school club (Austria)
The written authority by which parents holding custody tell a kindergarten, crèche or after-school club (Hort) in Austria who else may collect their child — grandparents, neighbours, older siblings. With the child, the parents and each authorised person, valid until revoked in writing. Kindergartens are a matter for each Austrian Land: the Land’s and the facility’s rules, such as a minimum age, take precedence, and if the facility has its own form, that applies. In German, ready to print, sign and hand in.
Non-binding living will under the PatVG (Austria)
A non-binding living will under the Austrian Patient Directives Act (PatVG): for the case that you can no longer decide, you refuse particular treatments — resuscitation, ventilation, artificial feeding, dialysis, life-prolonging antibiotics — and name a person of trust. Doctors must base their finding of your wishes on it (§§ 8, 9 PatVG). A binding living will is made after medical advice before a lawyer, a notary, the patients' advocacy or an adult-protection association; the patients' advocacies, for example in Vienna, Tyrol and Styria, do it free of charge and also offer free forms. In German.
Divorce settlement for an uncontested divorce (Austria)
The written agreement without which an Austrian district court (Bezirksgericht) may not grant an uncontested divorce under § 55a EheG, the Austrian Marriage Act: custody and the children's main home, contact, child maintenance, maintenance between the spouses, the marital home, household contents, savings, debts and a balancing payment. No notarial deed is needed (§ 97 Abs 5 EheG). The spouses must have lived apart for at least six months and, with minor children, attended parental counselling. The courts have a free form for the application. Because of § 4 Abs 2 Z 1 SVG, print and sign by hand. In German.
Request to reduce income tax prepayments (Austria)
The request to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to reduce this year's income tax prepayments under § 45 Abs 4 of the Austrian Income Tax Act (EStG 1988) — when profit or income falls, for example through fewer orders, parental leave (Karenz) or the end of an activity. With the current and the requested prepayment, your forecast and evidence. It must be made by 30 September; after that the office no longer changes that year's prepayments. Also possible in FinanzOnline; otherwise by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Spouses' inventory of property brought into the marriage (Austria)
A record in which spouses in Austria set down what each brought into the marriage, inherited or was given by a third party — exactly what is not divided on divorce (§ 82 Abs 1 EheG, the Austrian Marriage Act). With an optional advance agreement on the other marital property in use, which needs only written form (§ 97 Abs 1 EheG). The marital home, savings and marriage contracts need a notarial deed and are not included. Because of § 4 Abs 2 Z 1 SVG the document is printed and signed by both spouses by hand. In German.
Cohabitation agreement for unmarried partners (Austria)
An agreement for partners living together in Austria without marriage or a registered partnership: the home and how long one partner has to move out after a separation, sharing household costs, a list of each partner's property and of what they own together, work in the other's business, dividing things up after a separation, and maintenance. No notarial deed is needed; the agreement deliberately contains no promise of a gift without handover (§ 1 Abs 1 lit d NotAktsG, the Austrian Notarial Deeds Act) and no transfer of land. With notes on a survivor's rights under the Austrian Civil Code (§§ 745, 748 ABGB). In German, signed by both.
Surrender of a trade licence (Austria)
The written notice surrendering a trade licence (Gewerbeberechtigung) to the trade authority — the Bezirkshauptmannschaft or Magistrat where the business is located — under § 86 of the Austrian Trade Regulation Act (GewO 1994): with the GISA number, the wording of the trade, the location and the day it is to take effect. It takes effect when it arrives, unless a later day is named, and cannot be withdrawn from then on. It can also be done online through GISA with ID Austria, and some district authorities offer their own form; this letter is the informal route by post, in person or by e-mail. In German.
Request to extend the deadline for filing a tax return (Austria)
The request to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to extend the deadline for an income tax, VAT or other tax return under § 134 Abs 2 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO): with the return, the year, the current and the requested deadline, and the reasons. It must be filed before the deadline runs out; if it is refused, the office sets a further period of at least one week. Missing the deadline without excuse risks a late-filing surcharge of up to 10% (§ 135 BAO). By post, fax or FinanzOnline: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Parental consent to a child's passport or ID card (Austria)
The written consent an Austrian passport office asks for when the child’s legal representative is not there: when a child of 14 or over applies for their own passport or ID card, or a child under 14 comes with grandparents or another adult. In Austria one parent holding custody (Obsorge) is enough, not both (§ 167 Abs 1 ABGB, the Austrian Civil Code). With the child’s and the parent’s details and the basis of custody. Shown in the original, with the parent’s photo ID in the original or a certified copy. In German.
Typed will signed before three witnesses (Austria)
A will for Austria that need not be handwritten (§ 579 ABGB, the Austrian Civil Code): heirs and shares, substitute heirs, legacies, revocation of earlier wills and other directions. You sign it in the presence of three witnesses present at the same time and add in your own hand that the document contains your last will; each witness signs on the same document with a handwritten note of being a witness. With the witness bars of §§ 587, 588 ABGB. A will cannot be made electronically (§ 4 Abs 2 SVG): print it on one sheet and sign by hand. In German.
Request for a certificate of tax arrears (Austria)
The request to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, for a Rückstandsbescheinigung under § 229a of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO) — the certificate stating which enforceable tax debts stand on your tax account, or that there are none. It is asked for in public tenders, for grants or by business partners. The quickest way is FinanzOnline, under ‘Weitere Services’; this letter is the route by post or fax. An e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Request for tax payment relief: deferral or instalments (Austria)
The request to Austria's tax office, the Finanzamt Österreich, to defer taxes that are due or let them be paid in instalments under § 212 of the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO): with the tax, amount and due date, a deferral date or instalment plan, and the reasons why paying at once would be a considerable hardship and why the taxes will still be collected. Filed in good time before the due date, it holds off enforcement and the late-payment surcharge until it is decided. Through FinanzOnline, by post or fax: an e-mail is no submission at all (§§ 85, 86a BAO). In German.
Leave request and leave agreement (Austria)
A request to an Austrian employer to agree the dates of your annual leave under § 4(1) of the Austrian Leave Act (UrlG): the period, the number of days — counted as Werktage (Monday to Saturday) or as working days, as your workplace counts them — the leave year and who covers for you. In Austria leave is agreed, not granted: below the letter, both sides sign the leave agreement or record different dates. No form is prescribed; the signed sheet proves the agreement. In German, ready to print and sign.
Agreement on care leave or reduced hours for care (Austria)
The written agreement on care leave (Pflegekarenz, § 14c of the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act, AVRAG) or reduced hours for care (Pflegeteilzeit, § 14d AVRAG) to look after a close relative: the relative and their care allowance level, the kind, start and end — one to three months — the hours during part-time (not below ten) and the return. The law requires writing: both sign by hand or with a qualified electronic signature. The care leave allowance (Pflegekarenzgeld) is claimed separately from the Sozialministeriumservice. In German.
Declaration of leaving employment early for good cause (Austria)
The declaration by which an employee in Austria ends the employment with immediate effect for good cause — the vorzeitiger Austritt under § 26 AngG and § 1162 ABGB: pay withheld after a final deadline passed unused, breach of essential contract terms, danger to health, lack of protection, or violence and serious insults. It records the facts and claims notice-period compensation (Kündigungsentschädigung), pay in lieu of leave and the final settlement. An unjustified Austritt costs claims; the Chamber of Labour advises its members beforehand. In German.
Request for unpaid leave – Karenzierung (Austria)
A request to an Austrian employer for unpaid leave (Karenzierung), with the agreement both sides sign below it: the period, the reason, the return to work, the collective agreement and what applies to annual leave and special payments. There is no right to unpaid leave in Austria — it is agreed. The letter records that compulsory social insurance continues only for unpaid leave of up to one month (§ 11(3)(a) of the Austrian General Social Insurance Act, ASVG). No form is prescribed. In German, ready to print and sign.
Papamonat: advance notice and notice of a father's month off (Austria)
The letter to an Austrian employer for the Papamonat, a father's month off at the birth under § 1a of the Fathers' Leave Act (VKG), in three versions: the advance notice at least three months before the due date, the notice of the start after the birth (within a week of it), and the notice after a premature birth that left no time for advance notice. With due date, start and end of the leave and a receipt block. The Papamonat is unpaid; the family time bonus (Familienzeitbonus) is claimed separately from the health insurer, usually the ÖGK. In German.
General power of attorney naming the kinds of business (Austria)
A general power of attorney for Austria that names what § 1008 of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB) demands: a general power covers selling and buying, loans, collecting money, lawsuits and settlements only if these kinds of business are expressly named. It lists them, with banking, public authorities and the tax office, lets you add exceptions and further kinds, and says which acts need a separate special power. For the land register: a certified signature and no more than three years old. It is not a lasting power (Vorsorgevollmacht), which is made before a notary, lawyer or adult-protection association. In German.
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